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Glacier Ranger Station Native Plant Garden
Chugach National Forest, Alaska Region
The native plant garden at the Glacier Ranger
Station office (Girdwood, Alaska) is used as an
educational tool as well as providing an
alternative means of landscaping using native
plants. This garden was started in 2010 in an
existing bed of non-native ornamentals. Most of
the existing ornamentals were removed and
replaced with nearly 20 species of native
wildflowers and sedges. The seeds were
collected on the Chugach National Forest and
then grown in a greenhouse by a local Master
Gardener. Each species is labeled with a metal
marker.
Native plant and pollinator gardens are sources of
local native seed for restoration as well as sites
for interpretation. Please visit!
Native plant garden at the Glacier Ranger Station.
Location: Glacier Ranger Station office
Nearest town: Girdwood, Alaska
Date established: 2010
Approximate size: 70 sq. ft.
Plant materials produced: a small quantity
of seed
Volunteer opportunities: Garden
maintenance and planting
Partners/Contractors/Cooperators: Local
master gardeners
Contact: Betty Charnon, 907-754-2326,
bcharnon@fs.fed.us
Chugach National Forest
Chocolate lily (Fritillaria camschatcensis), thrives in
this garden.
161 East 1st Ave
Anchorage, AK 99501
Pollinators assist over 87% of the world's flowering plants!
More than 150 food crops in the U.S. depend on pollinators, including almost all fruit and grain crops.